Friday, 17 April 2015

Jesus set to return plus Steve Braunias latest...

Jesus to
return soon:

Yes it’s
true, I kid you not, and Jesus is heading toward earth.

At least that
is what Michele Bachmann tells us in a report in the Times of New York.

This
Christian, fundamentalist, whiz kid, one time republican candidate for President
of the United States now famous or infamous for her amazing statements
regarding all things biblical. This is one of her more unintelligent
statements, reported by Fox News that great supporter of all things republican…and
Israeli.

As if that
wasn’t stupid enough Michele Bachmann went even further when she claimed that
Halloween is based on Satanism:

But now she
goes even further, this from The Times [NY]: According to her vision from her
God…Satan won’t get a look in…because Jesus will beat him…and clean up the mess
left by Nixon, Bush, and other crazy republican tea party members. Here is what
the Times actually said. I’ve kept it short hoping I can beat the arrival of
JC…

‘Jesus to
return soon’

Michele
Bachmann the former Republican congresswoman, who campaigned to become
president in 2012, says President Barrack Obama’s handling of the Middle East
is a sign of the End of Times and that Jesus Christ will soon return.

In a radio
interview, Bachmann once dubbed the “Queen of the Tea Party” predicted that the
White House’s rocky relationship with Israel would have “negative
consequences”.

She continued
”: I believe that the Bible is true [and] the people of our nation will reap a
whirlwind, and we could see economic disasters, natural disasters… The Unite
States does not want to be in that position.”

While
condemning Obama’s attempts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, she identified a
silver lining: “These are not fearful times, these are the most exciting days
in history,” she said.“Jesus Christ’s
return is imminent. Is there anything more important to talk about?”

During her
presidential campaign, Bachmann’s worst gaffe is widely regarded to have come
when she visit Iowa and declared her delight at being in Waterloo, hometown of
John Wayne.

It was
actually the home town of John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer who murdered 33 boys
and young men…

Now of course Michele
Bachmann ‘thank heavens’ lives in the United States, but the United States is
not the only country that has weird political figures.

We here in NZ
have our own brand of nut cases…for example did you know that the outfit known
as the Sensible Sentencing Trust,
led by that strange character Garth
McVicar a Conservative candidate at the last election, has had his
so-called victim advocacy movement officially registered a CHARITY because it does not have political advocacy as its aim.
So it operates tax free for those who donate to it…It did this by adding the
word ‘GROUP’, yet various other community groups have been rejected charitable
trust status on the grounds that they advocate on behalf of those seeking a
better performance from outfits like CYF and suchlike. Here is what the
Internal Affairs gave as their reasons for granting SSGT their gift of tax free
operations:

Sensible Sentencing
Group Trust registered as a charity

The independent
Charities Registration Board has registered the Sensible Sentencing Group Trust
(SSGT) as a charity.

The General Manager of Charities
Services, which supports the independent Board’s processes, Lesa Kalapu, has
provided the following context for its decision, to assist other organisations
that may be considering applying for registration:

“The changed approach,
which has enabled the registration of the Sensible Sentencing Trust Group
reflects a change in the rules and activities of the SSGT, not a change in
charities law or the way it is applied.

“The SSGT no longer has
political aims that prevent its registration as a charity.

“It submitted a new
application with amended rules and information about its activities, which was
assessed on its own merits, and resulted in registration as a charity. Another
entity called “The Sensible Sentencing Trust”, has non-charitable political advocacy
aims that mean it is still ineligible to be registered as a charity.

“Registration of the SSGT does not signal any change in the law, or the way in
which the law is applied by the Board or those acting on delegated authority
from the Board. Every application for registration is assessed on its own
merits, applying current law.

“Charities Services
monitors charities to be sure that they remain charitable and are not engaged
in fulfilling or funding non-charitable political aims, contrary to their own
rules and the law”.

Charities Services is a
branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Naturally Charities
Services of Internal Affairs never took account of the fact that the religious
based Conservative Party is closely entwined with the National Party and its
partners ACT and United Future. Their strange decision is creating utter confusion
around the law changes that disallows groups who seek to assist those least
able to help themselves. Both the National Party and its hangers on along with
the Conservative party strongly believe in the creation of private prisons
while closing state prisons as they move toward a full privatisation and
commercialisation of our prison system.

While compiling this blog I was checking the Herald and came across Steve Braunias latest "The Secret Diaries of ... Campbell's nemeses. I just had to share it. It's a great read...